Spawning as a hologram

[Sikon]

Another age-old question, but search didn't bring any valuable results. How do I spawn an NPC as a hologram - i.e. transparent and blue?

[T7nowhere]

Open the utc in a gff editor and change the node "Hologram [bYTE] =0" to "Hologram [bYTE] =1" .

 

save the file and your spawned npc will be a hologram. This is one of the cool things OE added

[Mono_Giganto]

Oh, that's cool. I always thought it was some kind of shader applied to an appearance.2da line. How was it done in K1?

[T7nowhere]

Originally posted by Mono_Giganto

How was it done in K1?

 

They made a model for each hologram.

 

Its interesting how OE's time constriants forced them to do things like this which in turn end up giving modders a few more toys to play with.

[Det. Bart Lasiter]

I'd still rather have Atton fight Sion, though playing as hologram is pretty cool.

[Sikon]

Another problem with my holo-NPC. I spawn the hologram from a terminal just before initiating the conversation, then (after the conversation with the NPC is played) reinitiate interaction with the terminal. The problem is, I destroy the NPC from the "Log out" command, but the NPC is not destroyed instantly, but stays near the terminal for about three seconds, then disappears. What am I doing wrong?

[stoffe]

Originally posted by Sikon

The problem is, I destroy the NPC from the "Log out" command, but the NPC is not destroyed instantly, but stays near the terminal for about three seconds, then disappears.

 

I assume you are using the DestroyObject() script function to destroy your hologram? You'd need to set the third parameter to TRUE for it to vanish immediately. Like:

DestroyObject(oHologram, 0.0, TRUE);